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eastern in light of congress discussing the so-of called fiscal cliff, booktv highlights a few programs about economics. michael j. sandell, george w. bush, steve forbes all weigh in. craig whitney sits down with the former president of the brady campaign to prevent gun violation to discuss his book, "living with guns." watch these programs and more all weekend long on booktv. and for a complete schedule, visit booktv.org. >> booktv is here at the annual national press club authors' night, and joining us now is author arkansas run aruno has written a book called first cameraman. what's your association with the obama campaign? >> well, in 2008 on the obama campaign i was his personal videographer which is something i carried through to the first two and a half years of the white house. and this last cycle, actually, did not work on the campaign formally or at the white house, i worked in that new and strange, murky world of super pacs and pac and independent can expenditures. >> talk to us about the campaign in 2008. how'd you get hooked up with the president? >> well, there was an ad i
eastern in light of congress discussing the so-of called fiscal cliff, booktv highlights a few programs about economics. michael j. sandell, george w. bush, steve forbes all weigh in. craig whitney sits down with the former president of the brady campaign to prevent gun violation to discuss his book, "living with guns." watch these programs and more all weekend long on booktv. and for a complete schedule, visit booktv.org. >> booktv is here at the annual national press club...
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cliff fight is about taxes. >> unless the president and congress take action, taxz rates will go up on every american taxpayer. >> if the argument is that they can't do -- they can't increase tax rates on folks making $700,000 or $800,000 a year, that's not a persuasive argue tomt me and certainly not to the american people. >> so here is the rub. the discussion centers on whether or not to let the top income tax rate jump from 35% to 39.6% on the marginal part, the part above the number, let's call it $400,000. but john boehner says don't give the government more revenue because it already spends altogether too much. now, the question is not really about that 4.6% difference on what the rich will pay in taxes. the real conversation boils down to the role of government. generally speaking, democrats are willing to entertain a bigger role of government in society. republicans want to roll it back. it's ideology. but a more constructive conversation would be how much do we expect to benefit from the services the government provides for us and how much are we willing to pay for those s
cliff fight is about taxes. >> unless the president and congress take action, taxz rates will go up on every american taxpayer. >> if the argument is that they can't do -- they can't increase tax rates on folks making $700,000 or $800,000 a year, that's not a persuasive argue tomt me and certainly not to the american people. >> so here is the rub. the discussion centers on whether or not to let the top income tax rate jump from 35% to 39.6% on the marginal part, the part above...
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approaching deadline congress members have gone on holiday or has been out to find anyone who thinks they deserve the break. as many hard working americans look forward to taking a break from the grind so does congress did they deserve a holiday this week let's talk about that we're talking today about congress because they're that take their break right now you're already rolling your eyes i've only just said the word awful it's awful what you can do they don't do anything and they're taking a break well yeah because that's what they do they don't do anything and they're going to do you think that they have been working hard enough to deserve a holiday never and i won't say anymore because it'll be a bad word of those going to go on kick the can down the road a little bit for the next year yeah and nothing's going to change something may change with who's going to want to know about the deal with the next year so you work more than one hundred forty days a year so everyone deserves some time off the extent of it that's another story so yeah i do think they should get a break but wit
approaching deadline congress members have gone on holiday or has been out to find anyone who thinks they deserve the break. as many hard working americans look forward to taking a break from the grind so does congress did they deserve a holiday this week let's talk about that we're talking today about congress because they're that take their break right now you're already rolling your eyes i've only just said the word awful it's awful what you can do they don't do anything and they're taking a...
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our 401(k)'s took a hit today thanks to the fiscal cliff drama the markets tanked after house republicans cancelled the vote. congress the final friday before christmas go without a deal. the dow dropped 120 points. the nasdaq lost 29. the s&p lost 14. adam shapiro of the fox business network. for weeks it's been reported that investors had already figured into the numbers if you will the fiscal cliff. why are we here? >> you mean at the point that we're down on the dow and down today? >> harris: yeah. >> first of all it could have been worse. when you saw the future last night what he would realized there was not going to be a deal in the house investors said it's not going to be good. they pulled back. there is still 10 days. some investors believe that will happen. priced. in big money investors already pulling out of the market. they were selling some of their stocks in anticipation what will be a tax hit for them no matter what. they were getting ready for. this you still have optimism among some investors that there could be a deal. monday is going to be a low volume day. it's a hal
our 401(k)'s took a hit today thanks to the fiscal cliff drama the markets tanked after house republicans cancelled the vote. congress the final friday before christmas go without a deal. the dow dropped 120 points. the nasdaq lost 29. the s&p lost 14. adam shapiro of the fox business network. for weeks it's been reported that investors had already figured into the numbers if you will the fiscal cliff. why are we here? >> you mean at the point that we're down on the dow and down...
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and congress went home for the christmas holiday with no fiscal cliff agreement in sight. online, we look at some of the most popular new words of the year, according to one popular lexicon. hari sreenivasan tells us more. >> sreenivasan: what are the buzzwords of 2012? and do you know what they mean? quiz yourself on the most popular new vernacular from urban dictionary. we kept our political analysts busy this year. watch a compilation of highlights from our doubleheader conversations, on the sport of politics and politics of sports, with mark shields and david brooks. and in a follow-up to yesterday's "making sense" story, paul solman pushes author james livingston on his view that spending is better than private investment. all that and more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. judy. >> woodruff: and that's the newshour for tonight. on monday, we'll have the latest on the connecticut shootings. before we go, we want to remind you about the special pbs broadcast tonight, "after newtown". the program will explore gun availability, mental health, and other issues which h
and congress went home for the christmas holiday with no fiscal cliff agreement in sight. online, we look at some of the most popular new words of the year, according to one popular lexicon. hari sreenivasan tells us more. >> sreenivasan: what are the buzzwords of 2012? and do you know what they mean? quiz yourself on the most popular new vernacular from urban dictionary. we kept our political analysts busy this year. watch a compilation of highlights from our doubleheader conversations,...